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(43) Date of publication: 23.11.2022 Bulletin 2022/47 (21) Application number: 21741283.2 (22) Date of filing: 13.01.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61M 5/142(2006.01) A61M 5/168(2006.01) A61M 5/145(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61M 5/14248; A61M 5/16854; A61M 5/16822; A61M 2005/1402; A61M 2205/3337; A61M 2205/3344; A61M 2205/505; A61M 2205/3561; A61M 2205/3584 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/013191 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/146248 (22.07.2021 Gazette 2021/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 15.01.2020 US 202016743751 (71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 (US)	(72) Inventor: GYORY, J. Richard Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 (US) (74) Representative: dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB  Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)